Death toll rises after TAM Flight 402 crash in Sao Paulo
Charred debris filled a Sao Paulo neighborhood after TAM Flight 402 crashed near Congonhas airport en route to Rio. At least 98 killed, including two on the ground, with more bodies feared amid ruined houses, cars, and fuel fires. Firefighters and volunteers search debris as officials review engine and wing flap theories.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Congonhas
Rio de Janeiro
Civil Defense
Carlos Santana
Via Santa Catarina
Gerson de Paula
Leopoldo Correia
Joao Cardoso
Ferry sinks in Assam Brahmaputra storm. 95 feared dead
A passenger ferry laden with sacks of food sank during a heavy rainstorm on the Brahmaputra River in Assam. About 135 passengers were aboard. rescue workers recovered six bodies and 40 survivors escaped. The two deck ferry reportedly carried around 200 bags of rice, wheat flour and lentils.
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Guwahati
India
Brahmaputra
Assam
Sanjeev Kumar
P.R. Das
Exxon gets 480 million settlement from insurers
Lloyds of London and about 250 insurers will pay 480 million to Exxon Corp to cover cleanup costs from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska after months of mediation prompted by last June's 250 million Houston jury award to Exxon. Interest and costs of 161.1 million were to follow.
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Houston
Lloyd’s of London
Exxon Corp
Alaska
Exxon
Four NC men charged with cross burning in Waynesville
Four North Carolina men were charged with burning two crosses on the lawn outside the home of a racially mixed couple near Waynesville. The Justice Department has filed over 20 cross burning cases this year against 30 defendants. In related cases, a Maine man pleaded guilty in Augusta and two Ohio men pleaded guilty near Mansfield for similar offenses.
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Washington
North Carolina
Waynesville
N.C
Justice Department
Maine
Augusta
Ohio
Ierone
Mansfield
Study finds no health risk from high voltage power lines
Washington AP A National Research Council panel reviewed about 500 studies since 1979 and concluded there is no conclusive or consistent evidence that electric and magnetic fields from high voltage lines cause human disease. Dr Charles F Stevens chairman said exposure does not constitute a threat and no hazard was found.
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Washington
Charles F. Stevens
National Research Council
Simpson juror falls ill during graphic Nicole Goldman photos
An alternate juror in the OJ Simpson civil trial collapsed after viewing grisly crime scene images of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Court officials attributed his illness to blood pressure changes, while several jurors struggled with distress during the slide show led by Detective Tom Lange.
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Santa Monica
Calif
O.J. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Mr. Goldman
Ms. Simpson
Mr. Simpson
Tom Lange
Goldman
Saudis holding truck bomber in Dhahran attack
Report notes a man believed to have driven the explosives truck that destroyed part of a Dhahran housing complex last June, killing 19 Americans, is detained by Saudi officials. The Washington Post cites unnamed sources saying Iran and Syria may be implicated. Meanwhile Saudi sources say the probe is ongoing with dozens questioned.
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Dhahran
Washington Post
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Syria
Riyadh
FBI
U.S
Louis Freeh
Freeh
United States
Associated Press
Al-Khobar
Post
Kevorkian Charged Again In Assisted Death Case
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 68, was charged in Pontiac with 19 counts including three counts of assisting in personal crisis reports. Prosecutor Richard Thompson pursued the case despite electoral defeat, while Kevorkian asserted defiance outside the courtroom.
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Pontiac
Mich
Jack Kevorkian
Kevorkian
Oakland County
Richard Thompson
Thompson
Michigan
Keyorkian
Congressman's Capitol Lunch With His Jurors
U S congressman Joseph McDade hosted jurors who acquitted him for bribery and racketeering on Sept 28. About a dozen jurors and guests toured the Capitol, ending with a sandwiches lunch on the exterior patio. Jurors paid travel and $10 lunches. McDade offered parking.
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Capitol
Congress
Joseph McDade
Mr. McDade
McDade
Sarah
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